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Reviews

Live reviews

Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball delights in Tacoma

January 15, 2013April 16, 2018 - by Travis Hay - 4 Comments.

Mama Monster delivers one helluva show

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Live reviews

Afterthoughts: 107.7 The End’s Deck the Hall Ball

December 6, 2012August 3, 2023 - by Travis Hay

9 bands, 8.5 hours. I need a nap.

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Live reviews

Brandi Carlile shines with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

December 3, 2012August 6, 2014 - by Travis Hay

An excellent evening at the symphony

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Live reviews

Bruuuuuuce: Quick thoughts about seeing Springsteen in Portland

November 29, 2012February 24, 2023 - by Travis Hay - 5 Comments.

The Boss puts on one helluva show

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Favorite stories / ICYMI / Live reviews / Seattle Icons

Ben Gibbard brings Death Cab, Postal Service hits to Showbox

November 20, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Travis Hay

An intimate and intense set

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Album reviews / First listen / Seattle Icons

First listen: Soundgarden’s ‘King Animal’

November 5, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Travis Hay - 3 Comments.

A beast of a rock record

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Live reviews

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis take a victory lap at WaMu

October 29, 2012October 28, 2012 - by Travis Hay

A crowd of 7,500+ christen ‘The Heist’

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Live reviews

Smashing Pumpkins bring rock without emotion to Everett

October 18, 2012October 25, 2012 - by Travis Hay

A puzzling, but entertaining, performance

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Album reviews

Maldives get lean & mean on Muscle for the Wing

October 12, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Brent Stecker

Another solid effort from the country twang rockers

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Favorite shows / Live reviews

5 things learned at a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis secret show

October 9, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Travis Hay

“The Heist” makes its debut in a big way

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Live reviews

Your kind of people: Garbage at Showbox SoDo

September 28, 2012 - by Travis Hay

One of the most distinct ’90s bands ages well

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Live reviews

Suagary Sweetness: Bob Mould at the Showbox

September 24, 2012 - by Travis Hay

Copper Blue and some Husker Du (no Husker Don’ts)

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Live reviews

Simply divine: Divine Fits at the Crocodile

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 - by Travis Hay

Spoon & Wolf Parade collide at the Croc

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Bumbershoot '12 / Live reviews

Bumbershoot days 2 & 3: Skrillex, living legends & lotsa locals

September 8, 2012August 3, 2023 - by Travis Hay

Skrillex: More vibrations than a chapter of Fifty Shades of Grey

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Album reviews

Lemolo’s The Kaleidoscope: A dynamic and moody debut

June 26, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Brent Stecker - 1 Comment

Believe the hype

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Album reviews / First listen

First Listen: Vendetta Red’s ‘Scripture’

June 14, 2012September 7, 2018 - by Travis Hay

Vendetta Red is back with a vengence

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Album reviews

Fresh Espresso’s Bossalona: More of the same, in a good way

June 4, 2012June 4, 2012 - by Travis Hay

A cocktail of banging beats and feel-good vibes

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Live reviews / Sasquatch! '12

Tenacious D & Beck join forces while Feist surprises at Sasquatch!

May 29, 2012May 30, 2012 - by Brent Stecker

Sasquatch! comes to a rollicking close

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Live reviews / Sasquatch! '12

Wild Flag rocks and Bon Iver triumphs at Sasquatch!

May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 - by Brent Stecker

Strummy rock and keys aplenty during day 3

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Live reviews / Seattle Icons

Flight to Mars takes off at the Showbox

May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 - by Travis Hay

An all-star cast raises funds for CCFA

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Editor’s Picks

Five Seattle albums that deserve the 33 1/3 treatment

April 18, 2024March 11, 2025

Young love, romance and Given to Fly: 25 years of Pearl Jam’s Yield

December 31, 2023February 13, 2024

Which Seattle bands will be the next Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees?

February 2, 2023March 11, 2025

Chris Cornell on fatherhood & rockstardom

May 19, 2017March 11, 2025

Pearl Jam opens up to fans at intimate ‘Lightning Bolt’ Town Hall

October 7, 2013January 15, 2020

Discovering Nirvana’s lost treasures long after the band is gone

November 6, 2009September 7, 2018

Favorite Interviews

Getting RNDM: An interview with Jeff Ament

October 29, 2012September 6, 2018

Macklemore talks fashion, Ben Bridwell, sobriety and haters

October 12, 2012September 7, 2018

Lou Barlow revisits Sebadoh’s past & talks about its future

February 11, 2011September 7, 2018

Craig Finn talks about beer, the Boss & his band

September 27, 2009September 7, 2018

Death Cab’s Jason McGerr talks pyro, touring and The Open Door

April 22, 2009March 11, 2025

Brandi Carlile’s music defies categorization

October 26, 2006March 11, 2025

Interview: Dave Grohl & Rivers Cuomo

October 20, 2005March 11, 2025

Interview transcript: A conversation with Chris Cornell

October 14, 2005March 11, 2025

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